Tag: Valle del Cauca

Farc Dissident Who Ordered The Murder Of 36 People Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison
FARC dissident Jaider Poveda Méndez, alias ‘Jhonny Getial’, was sentenced to 27 years and 20 days in prison for ordering the murder of 36 people between 2020 and 2022 in the department of Valle del Cauca (southwest), the Prosecutor’s Office reported this Sunday. RELATED: Colombia Does Not Extend Ceasefire With FARC Dissidents ‘Jhonny Getial’, who […]
April 20, 2025

New Massacre Leaves Three Dead in Cauca, Southwestern Colombia
Three men who departed in a street in the Colombian town of Miranda, in the troubled department of Cauca, in the southwest of the country, were shot dead, the NGO Peace Studies Development Institute (Indepaz) reported on Saturday. RELATED: Colombia and FARC Dissidents To Begin Peace Negotiations Indepaz detailed that the three people were massacred […]
June 15, 2024

Popular Music Singer Killed Amid New Massacre in Colombia
Four people were killed in the Colombian municipality of Corinto, in the department of Valle del Cauca, including Sebastián Muñoz, singer of popular and northern Mexican music. Also his DJ JJ Villegas was killed. RELATED: Colombian Government and ELN Agree To Meet in Caracas Preliminary reports from the authorities indicate that unknown gunmen shot the […]